THE TWELFTH GIFT

AUTHOR(S)

Mensing, Margo

PUB. DATE

October 1997

SOURCE

Surface Design Journal;Fall97, Vol. 22 Issue 1, p4

SOURCE TYPE

Trade Publication

DOC. TYPE

Essay

ABSTRACT

An essay is presented that includes reflections on the difference between work and play, between continual renewal and the boredom of repetitive processes, and between the way women and men organize time and space. The article relates these questions to cloth work including the processes of marking and sewing.

ACCESSION #

32668060

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